Childhood onset of migraine, gender, parental social class, and trait neuroticism as predictors of the prevalence of migraine in adulthood

Do Personality Traits Mediate the Relationship Between Childhood Abuse and Migraine? An Exploration of the Relationships in Young Adults Using the Add Health Dataset

“…We found that approximately 21% of the total effect of childhood abuse on migraine was explained by mediation through the personality trait of neuroticism in the unadjusted model, while mediation explained 8.7% of the total effect, in the model adjusted for covariates. The results from this study also corroborate earlier investigations in other datasets, demonstrating the relationship of neuroticism with childhood abuse and also with migraine …”

“…The results from this study also corroborate earlier investigations in other datasets, demonstrating the relationship of neuroticism with childhood abuse [28][29][30][31][32] and also with migraine. [15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25] In addition, our results support findings from analysis of earlier waves of the Add Health dataset showing an association between personality and self-reported frequency of headache. 23 That study did not, however, look specifically at migraine.…”

“…The Add Health dataset contains information on many psychological and behavioral variables, such as personality. In this context, it is notable that several studies have shown an independent association between personality traits, mainly neuroticism, and migraine diagnosis . Neuroticism is one of the traits in the “Big Five” personality model, the others being openness to experiences, conscientiousness, extraversion, and agreeableness.…”

“…In this context, it is notable that several studies have shown an independent association between personality traits, mainly neuroticism, and migraine diagnosis. [15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25] Neuroticism is one of the traits in the "Big Five" personality model, the others being openness to experiences, conscientiousness, extraversion, and agreeableness. Neuroticism is characterized by emotional instability, fear, nervous disposition, insecurity, temperamental behavior, impatience, self-consciousness, and impulsive behavior.…”

Neuroticism is associated with higher antenatal care utilization in obstetric low‐risk women

“…2 Women generally score higher on neuroticism than men, and neuroticism has been proposed as the principal mechanism underlying the higher prevalence of depression in women. 4 Evidence also suggests a higher prevalence in individuals with high neuroticism of certain somatic disorders such as migraine 5 and functional somatic syndromes (eg, fibromyalgia, chronic fatigue syndrome, irritable bowel syndrome). 4 Evidence also suggests a higher prevalence in individuals with high neuroticism of certain somatic disorders such as migraine 5 and functional somatic syndromes (eg, fibromyalgia, chronic fatigue syndrome, irritable bowel syndrome).…”